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Collins records on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Collins family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

DNA

Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Collins ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Collins Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Collins Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Collins family tree.

View the distribution of the Collins surname in Britain using the
public profiler Names database. The public profiler Names database contains distributions for
the Collins surname in both 1881 and 1998. It also contains data on the ethnicity breakdown of the Collins surname.

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Some Famous People with the surname of Collins

Michael ("Mick") Collins (16 October 1890 ? 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance and MP for Cork South in the First D?il of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.

Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins (born May 1, 1939; Seattle, Washington) is an American folk and standards singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk, showtunes, pop, and rock and roll); and for her social activism.

Michael Allen "Mac" Collins (born October 15, 1944), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing the (previously from 1993 to 2003).

Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins KBE, CB (7 January 1899 ? 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in World War I and World War II, and who eventually rose to become a Vice Admiral and Chief of Staff of the RAN.

Christopher Charles Collins (August 30, 1949 ? June 12, 1994), born Christopher Lawrence Latta, and also known as Chris Latta, was an American actor, voice artist and comedian, perhaps best known as the voice of Cobra Commander on the "G.

Michelle Danielle Collins (born 28 May 1963 in Hackney, East London) is a Welsh actress best known for her roles on television in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", as Cindy Beale, and BBC dramas "Sunburn" and "Two Thousand Acres of Sky".

Albert Collins (October 1, 1932 ? November 24, 1993) was an electric blues guitarist and singer (and occasional harmonica player) whose recording career began in the 1960s in Houston and whose fame eventually took him to stages across the U.

John Stiles Collins (December 29, 1837-February 11, 1928) was an American Quaker farmer from Moorestown, New Jersey who moved to southern Florida and attempted to grow vegetables and coconuts on the swampy, bug-infested stretch of land between Miami and the ocean, a barrier island which became Miami Beach.

Tanquil Lisa 'Tai' Collins (born 1963 in Roanoke, Virginia) is a model, actress, screenwriter, and former Miss Virginia USA (1983) whose television credits include writing for and acting on "Baywatch".

Stephen Collins, more commonly known as Steve Collins, (21 July, 1964 in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland), is the brother of Roddy Collins and a former professional boxer who fought under the nickname nicknamed "the Celtic Warrior" and became the WBO World middleweight and super middleweight champion.

Harry Warren (Rip) Collins (February 26, 1896 - May 27, 1968) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees (1920-21), Boston Red Sox (1922), Detroit Tigers (1923-27) and St.

William Earl Collins (born July 13, 1943) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota North Stars, Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, St.

Simon Jonathan Collins (born 16 December 1973) is an English former professional footballer, born in Pontefract, Yorkshire, who made 200 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Huddersfield Town, Plymouth Argyle, Macclesfield Town and Shrewsbury Town.

Shawn Collins (born February 20, 1967 in San Diego, California) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for five seasons for the Atlanta Falcons, the Cleveland Browns, and the Green Bay Packers.

Alvin Raymond Collins (August 4, 1927 ? November 3, 1991) was an American football defensive tackle who played for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants, and for the American Football League's Dallas Texans.

Gregory Vincent Collins (born December 8, 1952) is a former professional American football player who played in three National Football League seasons from 1975-1977 for the San Francisco 49ers, the Seattle Seahawks and the Buffalo Bills.

Albin Harrell "Rip" Collins (born September 27, 1927 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was a professional American football halfback and a punter in the All-America Football Conference and the National Football League.